Transcript The Present Simple

The Present Simple
Forms and use
Preparatore Linguistico:
Dott.ssa Barbara Meloni
The Present Simple
Forms
Positive and negative:
I / You / We / They live near here.
I / You / We / They don’t live near here.
He/ She / It lives near here.
He/ She / It doesn’t live near here.
The Present Simple
Questions/ Interrogative Form:
Where do I/ you/ we /they live?
Where does she/ he /it live?
Short answers:
Do you like John? Yes, I do.
Does she speak French? No, she doesn’t.
The Present Simple
Irregular verbs form this tense exactly in the
same way.
Contractions: the verb do is normally
contracted in the negative and negative
interrogative:
E.g. I don’t work, he doesn’t work, don’t I
work?, doesn’t he work?
The Present Simple
EXCEPTIONS (Spelling):
1.Verbs ending in ss, ch,sh x and o add es,
instead of s alone, to form the third person
singular:
I kiss, He kisses I watch,he watches I go,She
goes
I finish, he finishes
2. When y follows a consonant we change the y
into i and add es: I copy, he copies
But verbs ending in y following a vowel obey
the general rule: I say, he says
The Present Simple
USE
The Present Simple is
used to express:
1. Habitual actions: I get up
at 7.30
2. A fact which is always
true: Vegetarians don’t
eat meat.
3. A fact which is true for a
long time:
I live in Cagliari Tom
works in a bank